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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5mb_lg

5 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas

· 1.1 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kingman County 30 kmSedgwick County 33 kmReno County 47 kmSumner County 48 kmHarper County 50 kmHarvey County 61 kmPratt County 82 kmBarber County 87 kmButler County 88 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (mb_lg)
Depth
1.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kingman County, 30 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1517 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 37.5856, -97.8107. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kingman County, KS 30 km (18 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kingman County
Sedgwick County, KS 33 km (20 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sedgwick County
Reno County, KS 47 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Reno County
Sumner County, KS 48 km (30 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sumner County
Harper County, KS 50 km (31 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Harper County
Harvey County, KS 61 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Harvey County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 3.4 10 km SSW of Spivey, Kansas
  2. 1.7 5 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas
  3. 1.6 3 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas
  4. 1.7 5 km SSE of Harper, Kansas
  5. 1.6 6 km SSE of Harper, Kansas
  6. 2.6 7 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas
  7. 1.8 5 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas
  8. 1.5 8 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas
  9. 1.6 5 km ENE of Danville, Kansas
  10. 2.0 Kansas
  11. 2.0 4 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas
  12. 1.9 7 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas
  13. 2.2 7 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas
  14. 2.0 7 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas
  15. 1.6 7 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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